Tag Archives: body rotation

Analyzing Dana’s Stroke

By tjfry | March 18, 2010

 So next on the list of strokes that I pick apart is Dana’s. You might notice that Dana is no slouch. He’s a heck of an athlete. He’s raced in Kona among other places, but swimming is relatively new to him. He was a duathlete for a long time before he hit the pool. As [...]

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Putting Mark’s Stroke on the Hot Seat

By tjfry | February 13, 2010

For those of you who frequent this site (thank you by the way and tell some friends!!), you may have started noticing a theme here. I have been analyzing a number of people’s strokes, giving pointers, tips and things to avoid. The feedback has been well received and the requests have increased quite a bit [...]

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The Mailbag…

By tjfry | July 8, 2009

Often people email me with questions about something I have written about or a more general question with a problem they are running into. Some of the mail is very similar in nature, so I said to myself, ” Self, I wonder if it would be useful to publish my answers on some of these questions [...]

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Swimmer’s Shoulder – A Common Cause

By tjfry | February 11, 2009

One of the most common problems among swimmers are shoulder problems. This can be especially true for those new to the sport as they haven’t fully developed good form and those form issues turn into problems. It doesn’t take a very big flaw to cause a problem. Let’s assume it takes you 16 strokes to get [...]

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